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Leadership Is a Contact Sport: Think

Marshall Goldsmith

Your assistant rushes into your office with news of an urgent document that needs your attention right away. Do you a) accept the document and thank your assistant for his expediency and effort? Your CEO walks into your office with the same urgent document that you already know about. Probably not.

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Salty to Sweet: The Transformation of Mount Franklin Foods

Change Starts Here

This article is also available as a 1-page pdf document. For Mount Franklin Foods, a candy and snack manufacturer headquartered in El Paso, Texas, the years leading up to 2011 were tumultuous. A revolving leadership door had ushered four CEOs in and out in two years.

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Why Your Boss Is a Lousy Coach

Marshall Goldsmith

I have this documented in thousands of in-depth assessments of executives. Marshall Goldsmith was selected as one of the 10 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50 in both 2011 and 2013. He was also selected as the World’s Most Influential Leadership Thinker in 2011.

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Playing Favorites

Marshall Goldsmith

Typically, these documents describe leadership behaviors the organization desires, and include such important items as “helps people develop”, “values different opinion”, and “avoids playing favorites”. Marshall Goldsmith was selected as one of the 10 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50 in both 2011 and 2013.

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Microsoft Office: A Competitive Advantage that Needs to be Mobile

Coaching Tip

Today, Microsoft Office''s bundle of software (including Word to write documents, spreadsheet maker Excel and PowerPoint for presentations) has been dominant in the workplace and home offices using personal and network computers.and.customer satisfaction levels are very high. . Source: The Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2011.

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Three Things Every Leadership Offsite Needs - Next Level Blog

Next Level Blog

If it’s a planning meeting, bring a skilled facilitator in to assist with meeting design, running the flow of the meeting and documenting the follow up. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. You’re dealing with human beings.

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Have You Trained Your Replacement?

Persuasive Powerhouse

January 19th, 2011 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Today’s guest post is from Mike Figliuolo at The thoughtLEADERS Blog. Gina : January 19, 2011 at 12:47 pm I have always believed that the most important job a leader has is to train his/her replacement. Mary Jo Asmus : January 19, 2011 at 9:20 pm Gina, thanks. Great post!

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